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Smersh Pod

The film podcast that does a bit of everything. Hosted by John Rain.


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  • 40. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING with Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

    02:03:17||Season 6, Ep. 40
    Hello and welcome to a Lord of the Rings special This week we’ll be travelling to Middle Earth to join a group of 9 friends going on a lads holiday with a difference. There’ll be pints! fireworks, misplaced carrots, uphill gardening, a slow riverboat tour, and the trip will inevitably end with someone getting their big old orcs out for the lads. Yes, it’s Fellowship of the Ring. Joining me to speak friend and enter are the Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley

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  • 39. SUPERMAN THE MOVIE with Johnny Candon

    02:04:37||Season 6, Ep. 39
    Welcome to another Superman special. This week we’ll be finding what happens when the people of Krypton go for vibes over science, and ask an audience to believe that not only can a man fly, but Marlon Brando can also learn lines. Yes, it’s Superman the Movie. Joining me for an extended trip to Teschmacher Peaks, is Johnny Candon
  • 38. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 with Toby Hadoke

    01:34:40||Season 6, Ep. 38
    Hello and welcome to the mean streets of LA as you join us for a white hot night of hate.There’ll be armed gangs, heavy gunfire, harsh beatings, and even harsher ice cream tariffs. Yes, it’s Assault on Precinct 13Joining me to ask for a smoke, is Toby Hadoke. 
  • 37. CLUB CLASSICS: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

    01:36:53||Season 6, Ep. 37
    The lads are back, and this time they need to stop evil from entering a fissure and making a new version of a classic film. From Feb 2024
  • 36. CLUB CLASSICS: BASIC INSTINCT with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    01:28:31||Season 6, Ep. 36
    John, Dean and Dan visit the very height of erotica, and try and pick holes in it. A Monday Night Movie Club recorded in July 2021.
  • 35. DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS with Ashley Blaker

    01:09:01||Season 6, Ep. 35
    This week we’ll be returning to Castle Dracula to find that a table is already laid, and dinner prepared for a bunch of proper Kents, though there will be complaints about the lack of garlic in the sauce. Yes, it’s Dracula: Prince of DarknessJoining me hang upside down and sing Old Red Eyes is Back is Ashley Blaker
  • 34. CLUB CLASSICS: BATMAN FOREVER with Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas

    01:58:29||Season 6, Ep. 34
    John takes Dan and Dean to Gotham City, to give them a kiss on their rose. A Monday Night Movie Club episode from February 2021.